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I ADHYÂVA, 25 KHANDA, 1.
SALA
8. If he likes (let him do so) with the words, Bhah! The Rig-veda I lay into thee, N. N., svâhâ !
Bhuvah! The Yagur-veda I lay into thee, N. N., svâhâ !
Svah! The Sama-veda I lay into thee, N. N., svẫha !
* Bhûr bhuvah svah! Vakovakya (colloquies), Itihâsa, and Purâna-Om! All the Vedas I lay into thee, N. N., svâhâ !'
9. The production of intelligence (is performed) by thrice saying in his right ear, 'Speech!'
10. And let him recite over (the child the following text), 'Speech, the goddess, united with mind, together with breath, the child, uttered by Indramay she rejoice in thee, the goddess, for the sake of joy, the great one, the sweet sounding, the music, full of music, the flowing, self-produced.'
11. Let him tie a piece of gold to a hempen string,
12. And bind it to the child's) right hand until (the mother) gets up (from childbed).
13. After the tenth day let him give it to the Brahmanas,
14. Or keep it himself.
KHANDA 25. 1. After ten days the getting up (of the mother from childbed).
8. Veti vikalpârthe. bhûr rigvedam ityâdikaturbhir mantrair asâv ity atra půrveva (read pûrvavat?) kumâranâmagrahanapûrvakam kumâram prâsayet. Nârâyana.
12. Bâlasya dakshine haste. Narayana.
25, 1. After ten days the impurity (asauka) that falls on the mother at her confinement, ceases; see Gautama XIV, 16; Manu V, 62; Vasishtha IV, 21.
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| SR No. | 007685 |
| Book Title | Grihya Sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Oldenberg |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1886 |
| Total Pages | 2642 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 49 MB |